DylanMc6 [any, any]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoHow does one fight the atomization of society, as Marx foretold years ago?message-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down15
arrow-up122arrow-down1message-squareHow does one fight the atomization of society, as Marx foretold years ago?DylanMc6 [any, any]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·5 days agoBy fighting the suburbs and car dependency. By getting involved in and promoting mutual aid networks and the gift economy. By normalizing multigenerational households, communes, and public events that involve people dining together. By regulating technology and social media to disincentivize dark patterns. With pronatalist policies like free preschool, subsidies for first-time homebuyers, strong family leave practices, and abolishing DST.
minus-squareDylanMc6 [any, any]@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·5 days agoIf the US were a socialist country (like in the alternate history story “Reds! A Revolutionary Timeline” (wiki here) which is about a socialist US), would those rules be in place?
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·5 days agoSome yes, others no. But I’m not writing about alternate history, I’m saying things that we can do to fix where we’re at now.
By fighting the suburbs and car dependency.
By getting involved in and promoting mutual aid networks and the gift economy.
By normalizing multigenerational households, communes, and public events that involve people dining together.
By regulating technology and social media to disincentivize dark patterns.
With pronatalist policies like free preschool, subsidies for first-time homebuyers, strong family leave practices, and abolishing DST.
If the US were a socialist country (like in the alternate history story “Reds! A Revolutionary Timeline” (wiki here) which is about a socialist US), would those rules be in place?
Some yes, others no. But I’m not writing about alternate history, I’m saying things that we can do to fix where we’re at now.